Truth troubles

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 178-200

  Tullis Owen, Jillian A ^a   McRae, Chris ^b   Adams, Tony E ^c   Vitale, Alisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Evidence; James Frey; Life writing; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049155008     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408318316     Document Type: Article

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